"Can we go to the others?" Bryan asks. Lucy is standing on a little distance. "You're gonna introduce me, son?" Bryan looks at her and smiles. I watch him taking her hand and coming closer to me. "Dad, this is Lucy Davies." My eyebrows go up. "You're Hank's daughter?" She nods as she looks at me. "Nice to meet you, Lucy." I extend my hand, she shakes it. "Lucy, this is my father, Johnny Castle." "I already know." She replies. Bryan rolls his eyes. I chuckle. "You're really going to put up a dance school?" I see her curious face. "That's my plan." "I would love to have lessons, but dad won't let me go to the city for lessons." I watch them both. Penny sees my face. "I know what you're thinking." I look at her and smile.
"If the kids want to have dance lessons, then I'm sure the dance school will run really good." I look at Frances. "I first need to talk to Marcia." She nods. I look at the kids again. "Go, have fun." I watch them walking away. Sean follows with Amy. I look at Frances and see her happy smile. I let my fingers push some hair back. She looks at me. "Sean looks really happy." She grabs my hand. "He is, I haven't seen him this happy since his father moved away." I frown a little. "You mean?" I point at myself. "He adores you." I look at Sean and smile. "I heard them calling each other brother." She whispers as she looks at the boys as well. "That's amazing, Baby." "It really is, indeed."
Hank came to me with his wife. He's chuckling as he extends his hand. I look at him and shake his hand. "Hank, you're looking good." I see his grin. "It's good to see you again, Dancer, it's been such a long time ago." "At least a decade. I haven't seen you yesterday." "I was in Houston, visiting the in-laws." I look at his wife. She extends her hand. I shake it. "I'm Johnny." "I know who you are, Hank has told me all the stories." Hank grins. I pat his chest and point at him. "I'm Roberta, it's a real pleasure to meet you, Johnny." I look at her with a smile. "Call me Dancer." "I told you, honey." She chuckles. "Your son is an amazing dancer." I look at him with a smile.
"It was his first time." "Wait, what?" Roberta asks. Frances giggles about it. "Bryan really has his father's talent." Frances says. "I second that." Penny says, they look at her. "We haven't met I believe." Hank says. "Hank, Roberta, this is Penny Johnson, she's my best friend and Billy's fiancée." Penny shakes hands with them. "How do you know each other?" Roberta asks curiously. "We went to Juilliard together, and we've worked together, we've been dance partners for years." "So, you're a dancer as well?" "Yes." I lay my arm around Frances' neck and pull her in. She lays her hand on my chest. I give her a sweet kiss. "I see you two are finally together, how long did that take?" Hank teases us. Frances rolls her eyes and I chuckle. "Too long." I wink.
Dad walks to the microphone. "Adults, are you ready? I hope everyone could find a partner." We look at him. "I've never seen this event being so big. It's like everyone is looking forward to it." "Your parents have made a yearly town tradition with the race and the dancing. People are even taking the days off for it." I chuckle about it. "Soon the events will be an official Pampa holiday." Roberta says. I laugh about it. "Ma told me that they don't want to have the football event being big, that will stay family only." "It's a shame, I would've loved to see men versus women." I chuckle about it. "Let's go." Frances says and pulls me to the dance floor.
We stand in the middle. Penny and Billy came to stand next to us. "You're ready to lose?" I look at Penny. I wink and she rolls her eyes. Dad smiles. "You'll be doing the same as the kids, okay? I don't have to add more to it, just have fun." Dad looks at me and smiles. I give him a nod. Mom came to dad with a smile. "We want to see fair play." I look at Jack who's grinning. He's standing next to Susan. My eyebrows go up, she has gone through a total transformation, but I recognize her face immediately. "You remember the routines?" I look at Frances with a smile. "I'll never forget them." She giggles.
I turn to her and take her hands. "Do you trust me?" She looks in my eyes. "Of course, I do, with my life." I lean in to give her a kiss. "I'll be throwing you into the air at the dance off." She giggles a little. "Is everyone ready?" I look at dad and smile. He gives the DJ a nod. Frances and I start to dance as soon as the music starts. She giggles about the faces I make. Mom and dad are sitting down. Mom is looking at me and Frances with a smile. "They look so happy." Dad takes her hand. "He's putting up the difficulty, he's pressuring the others, it's like when he was young." Mom chuckles about it. Penny and Billy are smiling as they look at each other. "I never thought you could dance western." Billy says. "I've learned a few things from Bianca, she had showed me earlier." She winks at him.
The music switches. I switch routines and look at Frances who easily is following my lead. "You're great, Baby." She looks at me with a smile. "I've been practicing for years." I take her hands and pull her in as we keep dancing. She pushes me back with a giggle. "Stop it." I chuckle as we stomp the ground with our heels and turn. Jamie and Bianca walk away. "Your brother has given up already." I look at Jamie and smile. A few follow Jamie off the dance floor. The music switches for the second time. I put up the tempo of the dancing as well. Bryan and Sean are looking at us. "Your father is amazing, Bryan." Lucy says with a smile. "Yeah, he's the best dancer in the world, but it's the first time I see him dancing western." "Mom seems to follow him easily, never saw her dancing so good before." Sean says with a smile.
"Can everyone in Pampa dance like this?" Bryan asks curiously as he keeps watching us. "Nearly everyone. Adults dance once a week in the bar for fun." Lucy answers. "How do you know that?" He looks at her, she giggles as she sees his face. "My father owns the bar." Bryan starts to smile and looks at us again. "I should buy cowboy boots for next year." Penny says as they turn and did a heel kick. "I'm glad I kept mine." Billy replies, Penny smiles as she looks at him. The music changes again, and so does the routine. I lay my hands on her hips. Frances smiles as I lift her up and put her down on my other side. Billy did the same with Penny.
"Go, mommy! Go, daddy!" They look at Kaylie. She sits with mom and dad, drinking on her huge glass of soda with a straw. "Damn it!" I heard Jack cursing. He walks away. Susan follows him quickly. "He made a mistake." I chuckle as I look at Jamaal. "Well, you've won that bet." I look back at Frances and chuckle. I lift her up again, she smiles happily at me. The music changes for the last time. The routine got faster and more complex. Jamaal walks away with his partner. Mary and Philip walk into the room. Mom sees her sister coming to her and stands up. "I thought you would join us for the barbeque as well." They sit down. "Philip didn't want to, he wanted to eat in a fancy restaurant." Mom looks at Philip who is looking at the dancing. Mary sees her face.
"He's spoiled, don't mind him too much. Soon he'll be having his own house in Beverly Hills." Mom only nods. They look at the dancing, mom smiles as she watches me again. "Johnny is amazing." "He's the best, I'm glad he made a decision now." They watch me giving Frances a kiss on her nose. She rolls her eyes and turns. More couples drop off. "Where is Britney?" "She's asleep at the ranch." "Does she know that he choses Frances." "You can call her Baby, everyone does." "I'll need to get use to that." Mom only nods. "She doesn't know yet, but he told us that he'll be dropping her off at the airport and end the relationship there. He's gonna stay in Pampa from now on." Mary smiles and grabs mom her hand to squeeze a little. "I'm happy for you, sis." Mom looks at her with a smile.
When the music ended, I could see that Frances and I were the only couple left with Billy and Penny. I smile as I look at them. "I told you, Johnny." Penny says, I chuckle and give her a kiss on her cheek. Kaylie giggles about it as she cheers very loud for her parents. Dad came to us, grabbing the microphone on his way. I smile as I see his face. "I could've known that when my youngest is back, he'll be conquering the dance floor." I start to grin as everyone laughs about it. Frances lays her arms around my waists. I look at her with a smile and lay my arm around her, giving her a kiss on her head. Dad looks at us with a smile. Then he looks at Billy and Penny. "I knew that Billy could do western, but I never thought you would be able to, Penny."
"I'm a very fast learner when it comes to dancing." "And you're really great, as great as my youngest." Penny chuckles as she looks at me. "That's not strange when he has been my dance partner for many years." I smile at her. I see her extending her hand to me and I take it. "I'm happy to know that my son has such great friends. Even if half of his friends are his cousins." Dad winks and turns. "Well, we're at the dance off again. Just like with the kids, you need to improvise, but I guess that's no problem for either of you." Dad looks at the DJ and nods. "Have fun, kids, but remember, keep the fun going." He walks away and gives the microphone to the DJ. He went to mom and sits down next to her again.
I turn to Frances and she let me go. I take her hands. "You can do some ballroom too?" I whisper. "A little, don't make it too difficult, please." "Don't worry, Baby, let me lead you." She looks in my eyes and nods. Billy and Penny are ready too. The DJ starts the music and we start to dance. I look at Frances' happy face as we turn around. We did a few western steps, followed with some Jive steps. She giggles as I pick her up and turn around. "Stop showing off, cuz." Billy says as he turns with Penny and lifts her over his shoulder. She grins as she looks at me. "You're doing the same, cuz." I say as Frances made a Salsa step and I twirl her away. People start to clap about it. I turn and look at Penny. She sees my face. "Oh, no, not what you're thinking."
I grab her hand and let her do an underarm turn. She rolls her eyes. "We're against each other, Johnny." I give her a teasing grin. I know she always follows my lead automatically. I grab her hips and push her up. She lays her knees on my shoulder and moves her hips a little. Billy whistles. I look at him and put Penny down. I twirl her back to my cousin and turn back to Frances who is giggling about it. I grab her hand and we dance on. Billy and Penny did too. Jamie whistles on his fingers and Jamaal is shouting my nickname. Franny smiles as she watches us. I push Frances up with my hand, she spreads her legs and I turn around as I keep looking in her eyes. The music stops and I put her down.
I lay my arms around her and press her against me. She lays her arms around my neck. I see her smile and lean slowly in. Her hands play with my hair as I kiss her. Everyone is clapping, shouting my name and cheering. Dad came to us. He's shaking his head a little but is still smiling. I stop the kiss and look at him. "Well, I think it's obvious who wins this year, just like always." I smile and let Frances go. Dad and I hug tightly. Penny and Billy came to us and I look at them. I let dad go and hug Billy as well. He chuckles and pats my back. "You're such a tease." Penny says and I look at her. I let Billy go and grab her. I push her up and she laughs. Kaylie runs to us. "Mommy!" She giggles. I put Penny down, she lifts her daughter up.
"People!" Dad says loud enough to have everyone looking at him. "Let's have a dance and a drink. Let's celebrate the end of the events." He looks at Frances and gives her a kiss on her cheek. He walks away and I went closer to her again. Bryan and Sean came to us, the girls are following them. I smile as I hug my son. "You're the best, dad." I smile as I let him go. I look at Sean who came closer. "Can I call you dad too?" My eyebrows go up and I look at Frances. She smiles happily as she looks at her son. I look back at him and smile. "Of course, son, I would love that." Sean grabs me in a hug. I hug him back. "Thanks, dad." He let me go and went to his mother for a hug. I never thought that would happen.
The family came to congratulate us. I get hugs and kisses. They talk and laugh. It all went in a blur since I still have Sean's words ringing in my ears. I look around and see Philip standing at the side. He's holding up his phone and looking at us. I start to frown as I wonder what he's doing. Frances takes my hand and I got pulled out of my thoughts. I look at her and see her eyes. "You're okay?" She whispers. I give her a smile. "I'm okay, just letting things sink in." The music starts to play. People are spreading, some start to dance, others went for a drink. She lays her hand on the back of my neck and pulls me in. I smile as she kisses me. I close my eyes and kiss her back. Jamie whistles on his fingers. Bianca grabs his hand and pulls him to the side. He looks at her with a half grin. She starts to kiss him.
Jack whistles at them, making Bianca giggle. Jack came to us and pats my upper back. I stop the kiss and look at him. He smiles and holds up his arms. I let Frances go and grab him tightly in a brotherly hug. He pats my back a little. "I never thought I would say this, Dancer." I let him go. He smiles. "It was good to see you dancing again with a smile on your face." I chuckle and pat his chest once. He laughs and rubs his chest. "You want a beer?" I nod. "Was that Susan you were dancing with?" I see him starting to grin. "Yeah, she went through a whole transformation. She became fitness coach or something." "I remember her as the fat kid at school, the one who got avoided by everyone." Jack turns his head and looks at Susan, she waves at him. I look at her as well. "It's weird, isn't it?"
"She seems to like you, cousin." "She does, and I'm gonna try with her." I look at him and start to laugh. "What?" "You and relationships?" Jack chuckles. "People can change, Dancer." "That's very true. Well, I hope she makes you happy." Jack looks at Frances. He gives her a kiss on her cheek and walks away. "It's good to see that he has stopped trying to make you jealous." I look at her when she said that. "I guess he finally has grown up." She giggles and I grab her. We start to dance. I make her giggle when Penny came to us. I look at her. "Can I take over, Baby?" Frances smiles and let me go. "I'm gonna go to the toilet." Frances walks away. I look at Penny with a happy smile. "You did it on purpose, didn't you?" I roll my eyes.
We start to dance, and people move away for us. Like they always do when Penny and I are dancing. "I'm happy for you, Johnny." I turn around with her and changed from the cha-cha to the Mambo. She follows me flawlessly. "Because of Baby?" I ask as I put her down after a life. People clap about it. "Yes, it's good to see you being really in love with someone who deserves to have you." I give her a kiss on her cheek as we dance on. I look around and see my parents clapping and smiling. "Let's do our Mambo routine we used to do at Kellerman's. You remember?" I look back at Penny, she nods. I look for Billy and beckon him to come. "What is it?" He asks. "Can you ask the DJ to put some Latin music on?" Billy looks at Penny and then back at me and starts to smile. He went to the DJ.
We wait for the music to change, and when it did, we start our old routine. Billy whistles loudly on his fingers and smiles. Kaylie runs to him and he lifts her up. "What's mommy and uncle Johnny dancing?" "They're dancing the Mambo. It's the dance they used to dance when they worked together at Kellerman's." Kaylie looks back at us. I throw Penny in the air, Kaylie giggles. "Mommy looks so happy." "She is princess." "Are we going to stay here?" "We are, would you love that?" She nods her head heavily and Billy gives her a kiss on her cheek. She giggles and hugs him. Everyone is looking at us.
After the dance, Billy came to us with Kaylie. I smile and give Kaylie a little kiss on her head. She giggles. "Stop it!" I chuckle and give Penny a kiss on her cheek. "Let's get something to drink." Billy says and they walk away. I turn around and see Frances standing there. She looks at me with her little smile. I put my hand up and gesture at her with my index finger to come to me. She came slowly to me and I grab her hands. "You wanna dance?" She giggles as I pull her against me and lay her arms around my waists. "This isn't dancing, mister." She whispers. I bite my lip and kiss her slowly. "You wanna stay with me tonight?" I whisper. "In your tent?" She giggles. "Let's be savage." She rolls her eyes and I bite my lip.